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it details the relationship between the obama administration and the supreme court. at nine eastern, the most recent "after words" interview, saucer eisenberg talks about the political campaign. his book is the victory lap. the secret science of winning campaigns. .. but, maybe i should start by orienting people to what the school book is. it's part of a series that oxford publishes called a very short introduction and they are short, they have about 300 titles, and they asked me to do a supreme court title. i guess about three years ago and the book cannot this spring. it came out on the eve of the health care decision. so, who knew three years ago that we would be faced with a supreme court dealing with the most closely watched and maybe one of the most contentious case in many many years, and i would be happy -- the book doesn't say anything about the health care case, so in the q&a, i would be happy to share some conversations about that with you. but i thought i would step back and give a little bit of my take on how the court has gotten to where it is, not so m
it details the relationship between the obama administration and the supreme court. at nine eastern, the most recent "after words" interview, saucer eisenberg talks about the political campaign. his book is the victory lap. the secret science of winning campaigns. .. but, maybe i should start by orienting people to what the school book is. it's part of a series that oxford publishes called a very short introduction and they are short, they have about 300 titles, and they asked me to...
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really from both sides, the obama administration is very slow to nominate judges to the lower court. and the senate has been a drastically obstructionist in a way that is really -- there have always been in fights fights over the federal court of appeals but this is lacking nominee to the trial court and i think with an eye towards sort of taking sure there's not a bench of judges on the lower courts for possible supreme court nominees. there is kind of the new paradigm. we used to be, and i used to give talks about this, that as long as a president stays in the sort of boundaries of existing political consensus and nominate somebody within those boundaries and tries to push the envelope and achieves by supreme court nomination something that could be achieved through the political process, that president wasn't safe territory so you think of for instance built in 10's two nominees, ruth bader ginsburg and stephen breyer. almost no controversy because bill clinton could have gone far to the left if he had chosen. there was certainly potential nominees who were to the left of ginsburg
really from both sides, the obama administration is very slow to nominate judges to the lower court. and the senate has been a drastically obstructionist in a way that is really -- there have always been in fights fights over the federal court of appeals but this is lacking nominee to the trial court and i think with an eye towards sort of taking sure there's not a bench of judges on the lower courts for possible supreme court nominees. there is kind of the new paradigm. we used to be, and i...
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first, over the past four years the obama administration has consistently reduced funding for missile defense. sec, it has refocused funding on regional missile defenses thaten protect others at the expense of protecting the homeland of the united t states and developingnd future technologies.s. third, the administration has scaled back the number of ground-based interceptorsting protecting the homeland from 54 to only 30. meet the standard established by the missile defense act of 1999 which required a defense capable of addressing accidental and unauthorized attacks from any source. and fourth, the administrationao has no plans to modernize interceptors that are more than 20 years old. that's the technology that'ss protecting america today.. and it's, therefore, unlikely tl keep up with future threats. and as i said, there's very little funding devoted to neweat breakthrough technologies thate could provide even more sta effective defenses for the united states such as lasers ane space-based interceptors. we should remember as general jacoby has explained to congress, and i quote: n
first, over the past four years the obama administration has consistently reduced funding for missile defense. sec, it has refocused funding on regional missile defenses thaten protect others at the expense of protecting the homeland of the united t states and developingnd future technologies.s. third, the administration has scaled back the number of ground-based interceptorsting protecting the homeland from 54 to only 30. meet the standard established by the missile defense act of 1999 which...
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the obama administration has requested from congress a new $770 million fund that would be tied to concrete benchmarks for political and economic reform. and i again urge congress to move forward on this priority for. but let me briefly address the 3 parts of our strategy starting with security. the recent riots and lawlessness underscore the challenge of safeguarding public safety in free society and reforming security forces. for decades those forces protected regimes. now there job is to protect citizens, especially against the threat from violent extremists. for some time al qaeda and the islamic maghreb and other terrorist groups have launched attacks and kidnappings from northern mali into neighboring countries. now with the chaos and ethnic conflict allowing these groups to carve out a larger safe-haven, seeking to extend their reach and their network in multiple directions. we are using every tool we can to help our partners fight extremism and meet their security challenges. we recently embedded additional foreign service officers with regional expertise into the u.s. africa comman
the obama administration has requested from congress a new $770 million fund that would be tied to concrete benchmarks for political and economic reform. and i again urge congress to move forward on this priority for. but let me briefly address the 3 parts of our strategy starting with security. the recent riots and lawlessness underscore the challenge of safeguarding public safety in free society and reforming security forces. for decades those forces protected regimes. now there job is to...
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administration or the romney campaign team is just indicative of the fact it's not really campaign issue. but i think you will see that it's a very important government issue and i expect both sides to be prepared to devote significant energy and effort to should they be the administration. >> guest: i'll take a different approach. i think the american people understand that investment and innovation is hugely important to the well being to the opportunities for jobs opportunities for jobs for the kids and grand kids. i think they understand that. and i think they see investment -- [inaudible] certainly investment in the middle class. they understand that's where we need to grows to a prosperous country in the 21st century. no way is -- [inaudible] voting for innovation. but they're going in saying i'm voting to improve my life. i think that will be part of it. >> host: ed paisley, john kneuer, josh smith thank you for being on ""the communicators" this week. is the second presidential debate form live on c-span, c-span2, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. watch and engage. .. tea pa
administration or the romney campaign team is just indicative of the fact it's not really campaign issue. but i think you will see that it's a very important government issue and i expect both sides to be prepared to devote significant energy and effort to should they be the administration. >> guest: i'll take a different approach. i think the american people understand that investment and innovation is hugely important to the well being to the opportunities for jobs opportunities for...
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i'll be interested to hear from the panel out the obama administration would apply the funds and how they would affect the pace of new embassy embassy construction and staffing levels in the security service. in the end, however, our embassies are unlikely to beboth effective and safe if congress fails to devote adequate funding to the 150 account which stays for state department operations. do not forget lessons learned in the 1990s when the sharp budget cuts at the state department at the same time establishing many new embassies in the former soviet union and the bulkans. this led to difficulties that took years to correct. the state department budget is a popular target for cuts. in recent years, we avoided the decline that the state department suffered in the 1990s. it's still possible to vote on indiscriminate proposals showing little understanding of the contributions of the state department to the safety and prosperity of the country. diplomacy is not a luxury. it is essential to american national security especially in a ere era of terrorism. i look forward to a discussion w
i'll be interested to hear from the panel out the obama administration would apply the funds and how they would affect the pace of new embassy embassy construction and staffing levels in the security service. in the end, however, our embassies are unlikely to beboth effective and safe if congress fails to devote adequate funding to the 150 account which stays for state department operations. do not forget lessons learned in the 1990s when the sharp budget cuts at the state department at the...
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also this sunday, middle east expert on the obama administration's response to the arab spring and the peace process. that's sunt night at night, part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> at the conclusion of the 2-day european union summit in brussels, the president of the european council and european commission spoke to reporters about solutions to resolve the european debt crisis. leaders from the 27 member states agreed on bailout funds for spain and creating a single supervise ri banking union for the eurozone countries by the end of the year. this is 25 minutes. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the conference after the european counsel. without any delay, i give the floor to the president of the european counsel. >> thank you. good morning, good afternoon. i lost all time sensitivity. the european counsel was about combining short term action to stimulate growth and to stabilize the markets. together, with a long term vision on the way forward to strengthen our economic and monetary union. the key short term challenge across europe is to revive growth buildin
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administration about holding people accountable, this administration has a wave claiming that the people that question of the former democratic senator and governor. i hate to sound cynical, but i can't help but think that the, quote, power and influence as president obama make call it that someone like john, is exempt from a thorough investigation by the current justice. the victims deserve their money back and what happened to it. this hearing and the investigation is of extreme importance and i yield back the balance of my time. >> now the gentleman from california is recognized for a minute and a half. -- before mr. chairman. the clear problem that arose here, the problem that made bankruptcy the only option for mf global was that no one could account for what happened to over a billion dollars in the segregated funds as we are going to learn today that more than leaving the customers high and dry, what's happened is the missing funds rocked the foundation of the cftc's customer protection regime. rules governing the segregated accounts, those rules have been around for 75 years, and
administration about holding people accountable, this administration has a wave claiming that the people that question of the former democratic senator and governor. i hate to sound cynical, but i can't help but think that the, quote, power and influence as president obama make call it that someone like john, is exempt from a thorough investigation by the current justice. the victims deserve their money back and what happened to it. this hearing and the investigation is of extreme importance...
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. >> thirty years of the administrations of ronald reagan and bush and clinton and bush and obama have done more to confirm the prediction of the rich getting richer and everyone else falling behind than 75 years of the soviet union, perhaps. >> from lectures and history socialism in america, colombia history professor on the rise of socialism in 20th-century america saturday night at 8:00 eastern. sunday, more from the contenders, our series on key political figures who ran for president and lost, but changed political history. this week, thomas dewey rose to fame prosecuting depression-era gangsters. the new york republican would lose about fdr in 1944, and harry truman and 48. at 730 eastern and pacific american history tv this weekend on tv -- seized and three. >> it was about those men and women who were almost mortally injured and more who, because of the huge advances that have been made in medical trauma treatment over the last ten years, now they're being saved. an incredible number of them are being saved. almost everybody who falls in the battlefield is being saved. and i wa
. >> thirty years of the administrations of ronald reagan and bush and clinton and bush and obama have done more to confirm the prediction of the rich getting richer and everyone else falling behind than 75 years of the soviet union, perhaps. >> from lectures and history socialism in america, colombia history professor on the rise of socialism in 20th-century america saturday night at 8:00 eastern. sunday, more from the contenders, our series on key political figures who ran for...
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do you believe that the obama administration should set clear red lines regarding the nuclear program, if so, what you think the red lines should be? [laughter] >> i would believe if you go back and look at the president's prenounsment on the issue, back even in 2009, you can see he was very clear in terms of the national purpose and the national goal. to my knowledge, that hasn't changed. but and i think our policy is informed by pretty good intelligence, and that it's quite possible that the sanctions -- first of all, i think the sanctions are in fact i think they cause the regime to come back to the iea, notice a country like turkey, for example, and originally in 2010 really was championing the right-hand side position is now seen little bit [inaudible] i think you have to be careful how you articulate where your red lines are. there's no question in my mind what our policy is. and there's no question in my mind that a nuclear weapons capable the iran is a clear danger to the neighbors they said so. it's a country that would probably trigger a nuclear arms race in the middle east.
do you believe that the obama administration should set clear red lines regarding the nuclear program, if so, what you think the red lines should be? [laughter] >> i would believe if you go back and look at the president's prenounsment on the issue, back even in 2009, you can see he was very clear in terms of the national purpose and the national goal. to my knowledge, that hasn't changed. but and i think our policy is informed by pretty good intelligence, and that it's quite possible...
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the obama administration is focused on one area dr. volkov mention prescription drug abuse. this is monitoring the future result show that were concealed in positive outcomes including a decrease in the past month use of pain relievers by high school seniors to continue to help prevent the abuse of prescription drugs, we've really encouraged americans to keep track of the prescription medications in their home and to dispose of those unused or unneeded medications properly. we have a lot of information on their websites that are very helpful to you and them. i think the message that dr. koh on the tobacco and underage drinking issues are helpful for young people. the illicit drug survey contains some disconcerting thing. marijuana use among teens remains unacceptable levels and increased in all three grade levels mentioned in recent years. as another troubling point over the last several years the perception of harm and perception of risk around the use of marijuana has declined in the percentage of high school seniors who smoke marijuana regularly is harmful is lower than i
the obama administration is focused on one area dr. volkov mention prescription drug abuse. this is monitoring the future result show that were concealed in positive outcomes including a decrease in the past month use of pain relievers by high school seniors to continue to help prevent the abuse of prescription drugs, we've really encouraged americans to keep track of the prescription medications in their home and to dispose of those unused or unneeded medications properly. we have a lot of...
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this mail before it entered the obama administration. i am grateful i had to think that the policy issues i would confront and have a chance to try out its on the truly outstanding scholars and cracked tisha mares who are here, such as dan and bruce. as for mr. misspoke when the four years ago when a paper entitled strategic counterterrorism. i know i speak for many of my colleagues in the government when i say brookings is a national treasure and deserves our gratitude for incubating so many smart things that government has done. as they move from the first of president obama stearns to be a fitting time to take stock. of course to do so we understand how the president took office four years ago. at that time, it was a formidable organization with the tribal areas in pakistan incapable of committing a catastrophic attack. yemen, a country where we had largely disengaged had been terrorists are tbd. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula have established itself as the first eight to affiliate with the determination capability of striking the
this mail before it entered the obama administration. i am grateful i had to think that the policy issues i would confront and have a chance to try out its on the truly outstanding scholars and cracked tisha mares who are here, such as dan and bruce. as for mr. misspoke when the four years ago when a paper entitled strategic counterterrorism. i know i speak for many of my colleagues in the government when i say brookings is a national treasure and deserves our gratitude for incubating so many...
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jeffrey to the reports on the relationship which in the obama administration and the u.s. supreme court. the author exam of the recent addition of the four justices in the past five years and how it has affected the court's decisions on the numerous cases including its recent ruling on health care. it's about an hour. [applause] thank you. hello, everybody. so excited to be here in philadelphia. i know that is the usual pandering that goes on by the speakers but in my case it happens to be true. i am not myself from philadelphia, but my dad was at the high school. [applause] depending has just begun. curtis institute. i don't know if we have any more here and he went to temple as well and he taught me that the streets were paved and i have enjoyed my visit ever since. i'm really happy to be talking about the oath. italy cannot today's ago. so far, so good. it's exciting. you work on these books and people like to lead them. it's exciting to the answer, but the start by asking the first question that i know is on your mind, which is who is your favorite justice? [laughter]
jeffrey to the reports on the relationship which in the obama administration and the u.s. supreme court. the author exam of the recent addition of the four justices in the past five years and how it has affected the court's decisions on the numerous cases including its recent ruling on health care. it's about an hour. [applause] thank you. hello, everybody. so excited to be here in philadelphia. i know that is the usual pandering that goes on by the speakers but in my case it happens to be...
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ryan: on that same day, the obama administration had the exact same position. let's recall that they disavowed their own statement that they had put up earlier in the day in cairo. so we had the same position. it's never too early to speak out for our values. we should have spoken out right away when the green revolution was up and starting when the mullahs in iran were attacking their people. we should not have called bashar assad a reformer when he was turning his russian-provided guns on his own people. we should always stand up for peace, for democracy, for individual rights. and we should not be imposing these devastating defense cuts because what that does when we equivocate on our values, it makes us more weak. it projects weakness, and when we look weak, our adversaries are much more willing to test us, and our allies -- biden: with all due respect, that's a bunch of malarkey. >> moderator: and why is that so? biden: not a single thing he said was accurate. >> moderator: be specific. biden: i will be very specific. number one, this lecture on embassy se
ryan: on that same day, the obama administration had the exact same position. let's recall that they disavowed their own statement that they had put up earlier in the day in cairo. so we had the same position. it's never too early to speak out for our values. we should have spoken out right away when the green revolution was up and starting when the mullahs in iran were attacking their people. we should not have called bashar assad a reformer when he was turning his russian-provided guns on his...
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. >> you would not go farther than the obama administration is now? >> i would go further in some respects. i think we gheed further with the turks. it's not clear to me what they want, but what they need is a huge amount of help with over 100,000 refugeeses they have. >> i agree with brentd. he's described the problem in syria very well. the problem is we do not. the outcome -- i think it is going to be increasingly be worse and the violence against the minority groups up. the only solution i can see, and this is where the stunt in the challenge, and you have to work with the opposition and the administration is trying to do this and it's very frustrating work. you have to convince this opposition court which is sunni they representatives of the other groups. give them a genuine role and have a message to syrian society that the new syria has a place for all minorities and they will be protected. they don't need to cling to assad. if they go down with assad it will make their -- in the new syria even difficult. is it hard work? absolutely. >> respons
. >> you would not go farther than the obama administration is now? >> i would go further in some respects. i think we gheed further with the turks. it's not clear to me what they want, but what they need is a huge amount of help with over 100,000 refugeeses they have. >> i agree with brentd. he's described the problem in syria very well. the problem is we do not. the outcome -- i think it is going to be increasingly be worse and the violence against the minority groups up....
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now, what has been the obama administration's reaction to that? the obama administration has reacted by saying we don't like your ruling, and, therefore, we're simply not going to cooperate with the state of skwra*z -- the state of arizona as we have been in the past or any other state that has laws like arizona even if you, the supreme court, says that it's constitutional. now, the petulence and the arrogance of this are something the american people have to judge, but from a law enforcement perspective, this, to me, suggests that the administration is creating some very serious problems. it was one thing for the administration to say as to 800,000 or 900,000 primarily students who came here because their parents brought them here illegally were going to find a way in effect to suspend their deportation so that they can go to school or work here. we're just going to not apply the law to them and it's one thing for the obama administration to say that, which it did last week. it's quite another for it to say, by the way, we're going to treat all t
now, what has been the obama administration's reaction to that? the obama administration has reacted by saying we don't like your ruling, and, therefore, we're simply not going to cooperate with the state of skwra*z -- the state of arizona as we have been in the past or any other state that has laws like arizona even if you, the supreme court, says that it's constitutional. now, the petulence and the arrogance of this are something the american people have to judge, but from a law enforcement...
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in the obama administration the state that the attacks were security related and it didn't involve a protest prior to the attack which were unanticipated in their scope and intensity. a dispatch from the command center and the state department bureau of economic security on the day of the attack clearly reported it as a terrorist event and they refuse to recognize and label the attacks both during and after september 11th for what it was. they find that the failure in the leadership and management reached the senior levels and resulted in a security posture at the diplomatic compound that was an adequate for benghazi and grossly inadequate to deal with the attacks that took place. this wasn't the result of insufficient information, or a lack of warning. as they clearly state, the responsible officials at the state department overlook mounting evidence that the security situation in benghazi was a deteriorating. they ignored the series of attacks against the western interest in the months and weeks leading up to 9/11 and failed to respond to the urgent request and pressing needs of th
in the obama administration the state that the attacks were security related and it didn't involve a protest prior to the attack which were unanticipated in their scope and intensity. a dispatch from the command center and the state department bureau of economic security on the day of the attack clearly reported it as a terrorist event and they refuse to recognize and label the attacks both during and after september 11th for what it was. they find that the failure in the leadership and...
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. >> great, as mayor coleman said i did also just leave the obama administration where server couple of years as the federal housing commissioner and the question, that last question is a good one for a second terry donahue who is coming today. let me switch gears. there are two challenges facing the housing market and one of the challenge you are dealing with on a day-to-day basis, families in trouble, servicing errors that you have taken three or offices on a day-to-day basis. its homes underwater and negative equity. its access inventory and all those things are front and center undermines. the other side of this is the future of housing finance. how are we going to make sure people can borrow money going forward it with tight credit. this comes down to a couple of rules that i'm not going to go into detail to talk to about. i want to offer myself up as a resource and you can contact me to educate me further but it's a mortgage provision under the doctrine legislation, the qualified residential mortgage provision is part of something called qualified workage and without explaining
. >> great, as mayor coleman said i did also just leave the obama administration where server couple of years as the federal housing commissioner and the question, that last question is a good one for a second terry donahue who is coming today. let me switch gears. there are two challenges facing the housing market and one of the challenge you are dealing with on a day-to-day basis, families in trouble, servicing errors that you have taken three or offices on a day-to-day basis. its homes...
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the honduran people inaugurated a new president and the obama administration glujingly backed down. none of this would have happened without the leadership of senator demint. the senator kept the administration honest. senator demint and i share a prefound commitment to free speech and he's written eloquently on its importance for our nation. good government, he's written, is the result of freedom debated. he has called the right to spree-free speech the most treasuriured benefit of living this a free and democratic nation. and he has certainly exercised that right to the fullest both here in the senate and across the country. throughout his political career, jim has always been guided by unwavering commitment to freedom. and i know it's that same commitment to defend and enlarge our freedom that lett led him into the next -- led him into the next chapter in his life. it's this passion to defend freedom both for americans here at home and for our allies around the world that struck a chord with so many americans and helped make jim a national figure not to mention a best-selling aut
the honduran people inaugurated a new president and the obama administration glujingly backed down. none of this would have happened without the leadership of senator demint. the senator kept the administration honest. senator demint and i share a prefound commitment to free speech and he's written eloquently on its importance for our nation. good government, he's written, is the result of freedom debated. he has called the right to spree-free speech the most treasuriured benefit of living this...
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stein is a former economics professor at harvard university and a former senior obama administration advisor to treasury secretary tim geithner. this is about an hour. >> good morning. i'm the vice president and codirector of the economic studies program here at brookings. i'm pleased to introduce one of the newest governors of the federal reserve board, jeremy stein. governor stein swore the oath of office on may 30th, 2012, to fill an unexpired term ending january 31st, 2018. this is not his first tour of duty in washington. in 2009 governor stein served in the obama administration as a senior advisor to the secretary of the treasury and on the staff of the national economic council. prior to his appointment to the fed board governor stein was a stafford professor of economics at harvard university where he taught courses in finance and undergraduate and ph.d programs. previously governor stein taught finance at mit's sloane school of management. before that he was an assistant professor at the harvard business school. governor stein has a distinguished research record. he has cove
stein is a former economics professor at harvard university and a former senior obama administration advisor to treasury secretary tim geithner. this is about an hour. >> good morning. i'm the vice president and codirector of the economic studies program here at brookings. i'm pleased to introduce one of the newest governors of the federal reserve board, jeremy stein. governor stein swore the oath of office on may 30th, 2012, to fill an unexpired term ending january 31st, 2018. this is...
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. >> the obama administration today announced details of plan to work with private health insurance companies and state investigators to combat medicare fraud. health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius and eric holder spoke to reporters today. they say the plan will save billions of dollars. >> we are here today -- [inaudible] for the very first time to prevent health care fraud on the national scale. this is just the latest milestone in our coordinating can't pain to stamp out fraud from the health care system. when president obama took office, he added attorney general holder to make government fraud prevention a priority. wiki that effort a boost in 2010 for the affordable care act, one of the strongest health care antifraud laws in american history. so the law provided us with the resources and new tools to help find forsman catch up with criminals and establish tougher sentences for those who get caught. we've also developed new tools to analyze claims in real-time so we can spot that back or symphony claims before they do major damage. in the past, too often we get the gove
. >> the obama administration today announced details of plan to work with private health insurance companies and state investigators to combat medicare fraud. health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius and eric holder spoke to reporters today. they say the plan will save billions of dollars. >> we are here today -- [inaudible] for the very first time to prevent health care fraud on the national scale. this is just the latest milestone in our coordinating can't pain to...
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the obama administration is fighting every effort to prevent illegal aliens and other noncitizens from voting and it is failing to make sure that an important group of citizens is entitled to exercise their right to vote. a recent inspector general report showed the defense department is going to take the steps required by law to ensure that members of the armed forces are registered and consequently could vote if they want to. this administration should not and should be careful to not appear to take differing demonstrated for the collections depending on the perceived partisan status of the potential voters involved. in a "washington post" poll last month from 74% of those surveyed expressed support for voter i.d. requirements of polling places. voters overwhelmingly recognize that in a society which people must show voter i.d. to board a plane, they should have to show a photo i.d. to vote. it is plain commonsense. they support keeping aliens from voting in federal elections by comparing voter rolls to citizenship information. they deserve an administration that will not use the pow
the obama administration is fighting every effort to prevent illegal aliens and other noncitizens from voting and it is failing to make sure that an important group of citizens is entitled to exercise their right to vote. a recent inspector general report showed the defense department is going to take the steps required by law to ensure that members of the armed forces are registered and consequently could vote if they want to. this administration should not and should be careful to not appear...
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this is the best the obama administration can do. we can turn things around and start this november by make you a big change to the top. we need a president who shares our commitment to conservative principles and our respect for traditional values. we will uphold the sanctity of life, not abandoned or ignore it and we will defend marriage, not try to redefine it. we need a president who understands we will not have a stronger economy unless we have strong communities and strong families. this is a conjecture of some quite believe evidenced by brookings institution study by senator rick santorum brought to my attention some time ago. for those who graduate from high school, get a full-time job and wait until they're 21 before they marry and then have their first child, the probability that they will be poor is 2%. those things are absent, the probability of becoming poorer 76%. in short, culture matters and this president, i will protect her culture and preserve the values of hard work, personal responsibility, family and faith. abov
this is the best the obama administration can do. we can turn things around and start this november by make you a big change to the top. we need a president who shares our commitment to conservative principles and our respect for traditional values. we will uphold the sanctity of life, not abandoned or ignore it and we will defend marriage, not try to redefine it. we need a president who understands we will not have a stronger economy unless we have strong communities and strong families. this...
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in fact, the obama administration has done just that. and i've asked them as well, since we have limited resources, please, try to identify those who might fall urn the qualification of the -- under the qualification of the dream act and do not deport them. now, there are some who will argue, oh, wait a minute, they should all go. but we know we have limited resources for enforcement. if you were a state trooper parked on a side of a highway in illinois or west virginia and the speed limit is 55 miles an hour and one car comes by at 65 miles an hour and the next cup comes hurdling by at 110 miles an hour and you can only go after one car, which one will you go after? you know the answer. you go after the call that's traveling so fast that it's a danger to the occupants and everyone else. the same thing is true when it comes to questions of deportation. use good prosecutorial, sound judgment with limited resources to deport only those people who could be a threat ordaining to this united states. that's the first priority. just earlier tod
in fact, the obama administration has done just that. and i've asked them as well, since we have limited resources, please, try to identify those who might fall urn the qualification of the -- under the qualification of the dream act and do not deport them. now, there are some who will argue, oh, wait a minute, they should all go. but we know we have limited resources for enforcement. if you were a state trooper parked on a side of a highway in illinois or west virginia and the speed limit is...
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so we have to defeat this push to stop the obama administration from doing what we wanted them to do since 1990, we wanted the then e.p.a. to do, and it's taken this much time to get it done. and just as we're on the brink of getting this protective rule, which is so cost efficient that for every $1 to $3 we save $9, they want to turn it around. now, what's at stake? 4,200 to 11,000 additional premature deaths. so when people say what we do doesn't matter, i say look at this. if this rule is repealed, more people will die prematurely -- we'll have 4,700 heart attacks, 130,000 cases of childhood asthma symptoms, 6,300 cases of acute bronchitis, 5,700 emergency room visits and hospital admissions, 540,000 days of missed work due to respiratory illness. and, again, $3 to $9 in benefits for every $1 invested in these power plants, one half of which have already done the right thing. half of the coal powered plants have already -- have done this already. we're talking about ensuring that the rest of them do the same. many companies have addressed their mercury and air toxic emissions. we
so we have to defeat this push to stop the obama administration from doing what we wanted them to do since 1990, we wanted the then e.p.a. to do, and it's taken this much time to get it done. and just as we're on the brink of getting this protective rule, which is so cost efficient that for every $1 to $3 we save $9, they want to turn it around. now, what's at stake? 4,200 to 11,000 additional premature deaths. so when people say what we do doesn't matter, i say look at this. if this rule is...
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administration on the key argument in the case, which was uzbek commerce clause of article one of congress to pass the individual mandate. which says individuals have to get health insurance. and as i sat in court on june 28 and heard chief justice roberts announce his decision in the case, i learned the edge to the question, which was no, it doesn't. the commerce clause does not allow the court, the congress to invoke an individual mandate. but then any decision that stunned many people, but no one more than me, john roberts reached for a subsidiary argument that had only been upended, had only been mentioned in passing in both the supreme court and even the lower courts and he said the individual mandate was a permissible use of taxing power of congress and not the commerce clause, and thus the law would be upheld. subquestion finally anticipate why, why did roberts do that? and i think there were three main reasons. one is, i think you have to take his opinion at face value. eastham thought it was a legitimate use of the taxing power. i think the second and third part more important. th
administration on the key argument in the case, which was uzbek commerce clause of article one of congress to pass the individual mandate. which says individuals have to get health insurance. and as i sat in court on june 28 and heard chief justice roberts announce his decision in the case, i learned the edge to the question, which was no, it doesn't. the commerce clause does not allow the court, the congress to invoke an individual mandate. but then any decision that stunned many people, but...
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, the bush administration, and now particularly with the emphasis given by the obama administration, we have a border that has been transformed dramatically. we've gone from a border budget that was several hundred million dollars to one that is close to $10 billion a year in terms of border infrastructure. the number of border patrol agents have gone from 3,000 in the 1990s to 22,000 today. the number of cbp officers at the land ports of entry will be the next focus of growth, although, there's been some growth there. i want to point out and emphasize this was a bipartisan effort demonstrating that we can, in fact, engage in noble, bipartisan, constructive national efforts when there is a sufficient consensus to achieve a particular end. up deed looking at the condition of the border today and in 1993, it would rank as one of the greatest assertions and exertions of national power comparable to other large efforts in our national history. restoring the rule of law and bringing the border under control is a chapter of american history that should be better understood and will be as t
, the bush administration, and now particularly with the emphasis given by the obama administration, we have a border that has been transformed dramatically. we've gone from a border budget that was several hundred million dollars to one that is close to $10 billion a year in terms of border infrastructure. the number of border patrol agents have gone from 3,000 in the 1990s to 22,000 today. the number of cbp officers at the land ports of entry will be the next focus of growth, although,...
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we heard a lot about the obama administration pushing the reset button. of course, the reset was mistranslated, it was billed as as -- [speaking in native tongue] overload instead of reset, but the syrian case as many other cases, as missile defense and can others demonstrate the depth of fear of the united states, the enmity and the inability to find common ground. theoretically, if we recognized the russian interests in syria -- the specific interest, not why they are geopolitical ideas and fantasies -- but, yes, there's a $4 billion market for arms in libya, there's x billion dollars in ongoing arms sales to syria, not clear to me who's paying for that, probably the iranians. there are rather minor petrochemical operation going on wherein russia was buying petrochemicals from syria and reselling them. there is the anchorage. so all these things could have been discussed. instead, what we now have is a continuation, yet another episode of a confrontation that is ongoing between the united states and russia. but what it demonstrates to us is the enormity
we heard a lot about the obama administration pushing the reset button. of course, the reset was mistranslated, it was billed as as -- [speaking in native tongue] overload instead of reset, but the syrian case as many other cases, as missile defense and can others demonstrate the depth of fear of the united states, the enmity and the inability to find common ground. theoretically, if we recognized the russian interests in syria -- the specific interest, not why they are geopolitical ideas and...
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no question that the administration under president obama has repeatedly affirmed his commitment to such a policy. the president has made this position, the position of the united states absolutely clear. i'm quoting president obama. quote -- "iran's leaders should understand that i do not have a policy of containment. i have a policy to prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapons." that is the message of senate resolution 41. that is the message that we must convey as a nation together from all parties, all parts of the united states, all interests that time is limited, time is limited to keep iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability so this resolution calls for increased pressure on iran to come into compliance with the united states security rugses. and this resolution -- security resolutions. and this resolution builds on my efforts scaling for successful talks that would lead iran to halt its nuclear program. this resolution says to the world that the united states and the governments of other responsible natio have a vital mutual interest in working together to prevent iran
no question that the administration under president obama has repeatedly affirmed his commitment to such a policy. the president has made this position, the position of the united states absolutely clear. i'm quoting president obama. quote -- "iran's leaders should understand that i do not have a policy of containment. i have a policy to prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapons." that is the message of senate resolution 41. that is the message that we must convey as a nation...
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administration, political appointees at the department of justice. would you concede that they would have the basis to say that? >> i think if one looks at the documents, that statement is manifestly true. >> can i ask you as well to investigate, and are you concerned or have you seen the impact of single race based juries in a number of cases? this has been issued a number of areas, particularly in the south, in cases that are particularly sensitive. i'm going to ask you to investigate the case which is a beating incident that occurred in houston, texas, and the series of trials that are coming forward, but in particular one case was tried by a single race jury and, of course, resulted in the acquittal. would you please take this as an official request for the justice department to investigate the leading and the resulting trial that was a single race jury in the case of chat hauling? >> the supreme court has recognized that the selection process that deliver to attempt a grading a jury of a single race under the case is not appropriate. i'm familia
administration, political appointees at the department of justice. would you concede that they would have the basis to say that? >> i think if one looks at the documents, that statement is manifestly true. >> can i ask you as well to investigate, and are you concerned or have you seen the impact of single race based juries in a number of cases? this has been issued a number of areas, particularly in the south, in cases that are particularly sensitive. i'm going to ask you to...
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administration the way they support the uprising. the way that mubarak to one week after they made the decision on [inaudible] of last year. and this is the country that stopped the military interview with mike mullen, the former chief of staff, during the days, and he said to me, i was in constant contact with any counter part in egypt, don't choose violence. he said, in case of the -- doing the sairm thing. you talk about the military undermining the election. go back to the barracks and we want the process to take place. in many ways one can argue the man owes in part the position to the american position, and yet he was showing this kind of reaction. i think the united states should be clear on the issue. i don't -- i defnlt don't want to withdraw from the middle east. we should focus on the long run, on the people that we should invest in, people in, you know, in egyptian society that deserve our support. while being very clear on the issue. embassies cannot be tomorrowed. -- stormed. the hate to see an american official every t
administration the way they support the uprising. the way that mubarak to one week after they made the decision on [inaudible] of last year. and this is the country that stopped the military interview with mike mullen, the former chief of staff, during the days, and he said to me, i was in constant contact with any counter part in egypt, don't choose violence. he said, in case of the -- doing the sairm thing. you talk about the military undermining the election. go back to the barracks and we...
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and the obama administration has requested from congress a new $7 70 million fund that would be tied to concrete benchmarks for political and economic reforms. and i again, urge congress to move forward on this priority. but let me briefly just address the three parts of our strategy starting with security. the recent rites underscore the challenges of safe guarding public safety and free societies and reforming security forces. for decades, those forces presented regimes -- protected regime. now they're job is to protect citizens especially again the threat from violent extremist. for some time, al qaeda and the islamist and other terrorist groups have launch attacks and kidnaps from northern mally in to neighboring countries. they're seeking to extend the reach and the networks in multiple directions. we are using every stool we can to help our partners fight extremism and meet the security challenges. we recently embedded additional foreign service officers with regional expertise in to the u.s. africa command to better integrate our approach across the region diplomatics, develop
and the obama administration has requested from congress a new $7 70 million fund that would be tied to concrete benchmarks for political and economic reforms. and i again, urge congress to move forward on this priority. but let me briefly just address the three parts of our strategy starting with security. the recent rites underscore the challenges of safe guarding public safety and free societies and reforming security forces. for decades, those forces presented regimes -- protected regime....
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the fact you haven't seen this being a top-level topic for the either the obama administration or the romney campaign team is just indicative of the fact that, you know, it's not really a campaign issue. but i think you will see that it's a very important governance issue, and i expect both sides to be prepared to vote significant -- devote significant energy and effort to it should they be the administration. >> guest: um, i'll take a different tack on that. i think the american people understand that investment in innovation is hugely important to their well being, to their opportunities for jobs, opportunities for jobs for their kids and their grandkids. i think they understand that, and i think they see investment in that is, essentially, investments in the middle class. and they understand that that's what we need to grow to be a prosperous country in the 21st century like we were in the 20th. so i think it'll weigh heavily in a way. i mean, no one's -- as i say, no one's going into the booth saying i'm voting for innovation. but they're going in saying i'm voting to improve my l
the fact you haven't seen this being a top-level topic for the either the obama administration or the romney campaign team is just indicative of the fact that, you know, it's not really a campaign issue. but i think you will see that it's a very important governance issue, and i expect both sides to be prepared to vote significant -- devote significant energy and effort to it should they be the administration. >> guest: um, i'll take a different tack on that. i think the american people...
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. >> jeffrey toobin reports on the relationship between the obama administration and the u.s. supreme court. the author examines the recent position of four justices in the past five years and how it has affected the court's decision on numerous cases. including the recent ruling on health care. it is about one hour. >> hello, everyone. thank you so much for being here. in my case this happens to be true. i am not myself from philadelphia, but my dad, he was. [applause] all right, the pandering has just begun. don't worry. curtis institute that is where he went and he went to temple as well. he said the streets were paved with opportunity here, and i have enjoyed my visits ever since. i'm really happy to be talking about "the oath." it only came out two days ago. so far so good. no, it is exciting. we work on these books than you think, wow, people are actually reading them. it is exciting. let me start by asking first question on her mind, which is who is your favorite justice? [laughter] >> is madeleine at canaan. >> it's not elena kagan. for so long, my favorite justice was
. >> jeffrey toobin reports on the relationship between the obama administration and the u.s. supreme court. the author examines the recent position of four justices in the past five years and how it has affected the court's decision on numerous cases. including the recent ruling on health care. it is about one hour. >> hello, everyone. thank you so much for being here. in my case this happens to be true. i am not myself from philadelphia, but my dad, he was. [applause] all right,...
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in 2009, president obama made it a top priority of his administration to develop a comprise csh comp pre-- when drfting the plan the white house office of national aids policy consulted with people living. hiv, community-based program, health care providers, researchers, public health experts, and others. the white house office of national ads policy consult reviewed existing hiv strategies from various countries in the global north and south. pepfar has long prioritized supporting countries as they development and implement national strategies. maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of our programs is a shared area of emphasis between pep far and domestic hiv efforts. the following year, 2010, when president obama unveiled a national hiv/aids strategy, he noted, and i quote, the actions we take now will build upon a legacy of global leadership, national commitment, and sustained efforts on the part of americans from all parts of the country and all walks of life to end the hiv epidemic in the united states and a-- around the world. [applause] this process of community dialogue
in 2009, president obama made it a top priority of his administration to develop a comprise csh comp pre-- when drfting the plan the white house office of national aids policy consulted with people living. hiv, community-based program, health care providers, researchers, public health experts, and others. the white house office of national ads policy consult reviewed existing hiv strategies from various countries in the global north and south. pepfar has long prioritized supporting countries as...
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the obama administration is simply not moving our country forward. a healthy economy comes from a growing private sector, yet the president doesn't seem to appreciate or value the private sector. remember he said, if you have a business, you didn't build it, someone else did? well, in wyoming and in communities all across this country, there are bakers and florists and dry cleaners and farmers who did build their businesses and whose families have been working in them for generations. those business owners know what president obama does not. they understand, as ronald reagan put it, that you can't be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy. as a nation, we are being bled by overspending, we're being choked by regulations, and we are being paralyzed by a lack of affordable energy. just look at one of the president's favorite legislative accomplishments, the president's health care law. the american people knew what they wanted from health care reform. they wanted the care they need, from a doctor that they cho
the obama administration is simply not moving our country forward. a healthy economy comes from a growing private sector, yet the president doesn't seem to appreciate or value the private sector. remember he said, if you have a business, you didn't build it, someone else did? well, in wyoming and in communities all across this country, there are bakers and florists and dry cleaners and farmers who did build their businesses and whose families have been working in them for generations. those...
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the obama administration put the say no to coal. it that cuts out half of the electrical power source in the country. you tell me how a country that can grow and needs more energy. you tell me how it country have hybrid vehicles that are plugged in the war if we don't provide more electricity? this is like living in some kind of "fantasy" land. it's a wonderful hybrid vehicle have to get plugged in to the wall. we have hybrid vehicles driving around we have to have about 35% more electricity. we're on a path to less electricity not more. 50% is gone. that's going to keep going down. we put the stop on coal. so okay, where else do we get electricity from? well, we get it from a nuclear power. nuclear -- we have 104 nuclear power plants. they such my from 20 to 25 percent of the source of in the case of my city it's about 25%. nuclear power -- we haven't licensed a nuclear power plant except one in the last thirty years. the other ones are getting old. and there's no appetite in the part of the administration for expanding nuclear pow
the obama administration put the say no to coal. it that cuts out half of the electrical power source in the country. you tell me how a country that can grow and needs more energy. you tell me how it country have hybrid vehicles that are plugged in the war if we don't provide more electricity? this is like living in some kind of "fantasy" land. it's a wonderful hybrid vehicle have to get plugged in to the wall. we have hybrid vehicles driving around we have to have about 35% more...
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voter id laws preexist president obama. when i was meeting with that group of african-american leaders, that was one of the questions that was accident. what is the hurry? well, there was no hurry because we've been trying for two years in south carolina to do this. our law was finally passed and signed into law a year ago this past may, and we quickly moved to try to implement the law over a year ago, and in the justice department, i believe waited the full length of time to deny us preclearance, and then, of course, we went to the process of getting to hear, and so our interest in trying to move quickly has nothing to do with who is in the legislated office or who is running at what time. our interest is based on a fear from numerous counts by numerous citizens in south carolina that they have eyewitnessing thes of voter -- eyewitness accounts of voter fraud in various elections. there's not so much a hurry. that was a good question because it was asked to me before, but understand the laws have been passed before this ad
voter id laws preexist president obama. when i was meeting with that group of african-american leaders, that was one of the questions that was accident. what is the hurry? well, there was no hurry because we've been trying for two years in south carolina to do this. our law was finally passed and signed into law a year ago this past may, and we quickly moved to try to implement the law over a year ago, and in the justice department, i believe waited the full length of time to deny us...
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strobe, i continue to feel somewhat guilty about the degree to which the obama administration raided the ranks of brookings when we took office just over three years ago. i say just somewhat guilty because i think u.s. foreign policy has benefited from the brookings' scholars that are serving in the obama administration. we've given a few of them back in the meantime. and in any case, brookings is clearly continuing to thrive as the serious, independent research institution that it has been for so long. i'm also very pleased to see how much the center on the united states and europe continues to thrive under the leadership of fiona hill and justin vaisse. obviously, i'm biased, but it seems to me that the original logic we had when we founded the center of a place where we could follow dynamic developments across the atlantic and within europe, the case for having such an institution is as strong now as it was when the center was founded six or seven years ago. indeed, i think it's fire say that today -- fair to say that today's annual conference is occurring at a time of incredible
strobe, i continue to feel somewhat guilty about the degree to which the obama administration raided the ranks of brookings when we took office just over three years ago. i say just somewhat guilty because i think u.s. foreign policy has benefited from the brookings' scholars that are serving in the obama administration. we've given a few of them back in the meantime. and in any case, brookings is clearly continuing to thrive as the serious, independent research institution that it has been for...
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so it's not simply a barack obama phenomenon. but i don't buy enlarge. i think what we see both from my own work inside the senate in observation from what we see with books like mike grunwald's is that it is a very deliberate strategy hatched at the senate the inaugural if not before to try to raise the bar and block things from happening in to get unanimous minority support and to do it not just on bills or you want to have amendments allowed, the bills are you have no interest in having amendment allowed to make it all messy and make it look difficult. i'm not going to defend barack obama's outreach to the minority party, but i could go back to knot the use of the filibuster, but other methods of instruction with bill clinton's who reached out all the time. so i think that's a factor, but a minor one. i think kerry reads use of filling the amendment tree, partly this is chicken and egg, but is been done too much and that could result in at least some protests and willingness of some senators on his side you might not otherwise join some of these filib
so it's not simply a barack obama phenomenon. but i don't buy enlarge. i think what we see both from my own work inside the senate in observation from what we see with books like mike grunwald's is that it is a very deliberate strategy hatched at the senate the inaugural if not before to try to raise the bar and block things from happening in to get unanimous minority support and to do it not just on bills or you want to have amendments allowed, the bills are you have no interest in having...
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regrettably, the obama administration has shown a disregard for the constitution and rule of law in an effort to impose their agenda on the american people. and there are many examples. efforts to block congressional inquiries about the administration's actions undermine the balance of power on which our nation is founded. the department of justice still has not provided enough information about operation fast and furious so that the american public and congress can judge who in the department bears responsibility for the decisions that led to agent brian terry's death. the justice department refuses to comply with congressional subpoenas that may shed light on why this program was authorized, and who have knowledge of the inappropriate tactics. the department of justice also has failed to provide relevant information that would have revealed the extent of justice kagan's involvement in the development of the affordable care act when she was solicitor general. if she did give council on the health care bill, which was her job, then she should recuse herself rather than evaluating the l
regrettably, the obama administration has shown a disregard for the constitution and rule of law in an effort to impose their agenda on the american people. and there are many examples. efforts to block congressional inquiries about the administration's actions undermine the balance of power on which our nation is founded. the department of justice still has not provided enough information about operation fast and furious so that the american public and congress can judge who in the department...
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. >> jeffrey toobin reports on the relationship between the obama administration and the u.s. supreme court. the author examines the recent addition of four justices in the past fife years -- five years and how it has affected the court's decisions on numerous cases including its recent ruling on health care. it's about an hour. [applause] >> thank you, mark. hello, everybody. so excited to be here in philadelphia. you know, i know that's just the usual pandering that goes on by speakers, but in my case it happens to be true. i am not myself from philadelphia, but my dad, jerry toobin, was overbrook high school -- [applause] oh, yeah. the panlderring has just begun, don't worry. [laughter] curtis institute, i don't know if we have any violinists here. and he went to temple as well. [applause] so, you know, and e taught me that -- he taught me that the streets were paved with tasty cake here, and i have enjoyed my visits ever since. [laughter] i would, um, i'm really happy to be talking about the oath today, it only came out two days ago. so far so good. [laughter] and, um, it'
. >> jeffrey toobin reports on the relationship between the obama administration and the u.s. supreme court. the author examines the recent addition of four justices in the past fife years -- five years and how it has affected the court's decisions on numerous cases including its recent ruling on health care. it's about an hour. [applause] >> thank you, mark. hello, everybody. so excited to be here in philadelphia. you know, i know that's just the usual pandering that goes on by...
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administration appointees at the department of justice. would you concede they would have the basis to stay than? >> if one looks at the documents, that statement is manifestly true. >> can i ask you as well to investigate and are you concerned or have you seen the impact of single race pastries and a number of cases? this has been an issue in a number of areas in the south and cases particularly sensitive. i ask you to investigate the chat hollie case, which is the beating incident that occurred in houston, texas and a series of trails coming forward, but in particular one case tried by a single race jury and of course resulted in acquittal. would you please take this as an official request for the justice department to investigate beating an resulting trial trial that was the the beating and resulting trial that was the the beating and resulting trial that was the and that she said chat hollie? >> this sucre recognizes the collection process to deliver an attempt at the jury of a single race is not appropriate. i am familiar with, not in
administration appointees at the department of justice. would you concede they would have the basis to stay than? >> if one looks at the documents, that statement is manifestly true. >> can i ask you as well to investigate and are you concerned or have you seen the impact of single race pastries and a number of cases? this has been an issue in a number of areas in the south and cases particularly sensitive. i ask you to investigate the chat hollie case, which is the beating incident...
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administration's executive action, in effect adopting a dream act-type version prosecutorial discretion. whether they get driver's licenses or whether they get in-state tuition. so even in the face of a pretty heavy hand from the supreme court in the arizona decision, i think we'll still see, um, our important role for states in the context of immigration. thanks very much. [applause] >> okay. we have time to take your questions. as before, please, wait for me to call on you, and wait for the microphone to arrive so that everybody can hear your question. and, please, identify yourself and any affiliation that you may have. please, keep your questions brief. i do not permit two-part questions. [laughter] yes, sir. >> hi, pat span just representing myself. mr. harper, the -- you hear all the talk about the use of drones, and, um, uavs, and i assume driving around -- i hate to use that expression you don't like about expectation of privacy, but the -- seems like you're driving around the highways, driving around the roads, you know, you can surveil someone without a warrant i would believe
administration's executive action, in effect adopting a dream act-type version prosecutorial discretion. whether they get driver's licenses or whether they get in-state tuition. so even in the face of a pretty heavy hand from the supreme court in the arizona decision, i think we'll still see, um, our important role for states in the context of immigration. thanks very much. [applause] >> okay. we have time to take your questions. as before, please, wait for me to call on you, and wait for...
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the difference in the direction of the country under a romney administration versus under an obama administration, to me, is pretty profound. you wouldn't know it, because neither of them told us what they would do in a second term, but we do know that republican theology and democratic theology are very, very different, particularly when it comes to the size and growth of both. i think that's the defining issue of our generation. >> just to break in, one of the biggest swing states, nevada, abc and cnn have called that for president obama. this was not a surprise. the romney people were pessimistic about nevada, but it's just another example of how this very small map, surprisingly small map, is turning blue in state after state. >> right. again, and if as we keep trying to do throughout this night for our viewers on c-span2, folks at politico.com, is put all of this stuff in perspective of the things that we know on the presidential level, every single one of them has broken in the direction of the president. new hampshire, nevada, wisconsin, michigan, minnesota, pennsylvania. every state that
the difference in the direction of the country under a romney administration versus under an obama administration, to me, is pretty profound. you wouldn't know it, because neither of them told us what they would do in a second term, but we do know that republican theology and democratic theology are very, very different, particularly when it comes to the size and growth of both. i think that's the defining issue of our generation. >> just to break in, one of the biggest swing states,...
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. >> jeffrey toobin reports on the relationship between the obama administration and the u.s. supreme court. the author examines the recent addition of four justices in the past fife years -- five years and how it has affected the court's decisions on numerous cases including its recent ruling on health care. it's about an hour. [applause] >> thank you, mark. hello, everybody. so excited to be here in philadelphia. you know, i know that's just the usual pandering that goes on by speakers, but in my case it happens to be true. i am not myself from philadelphia, but my dad, jerry toobin, was overbrook high school -- [applause] oh, yeah. the panlderring has just begun, don't worry. [laughter] curtis institute, i don't know if we have any violinists here. and he went to temple as well. [applause] so, you know, and e taught me that -- he taught me that the streets were paved with tasty cake here, and i have enjoyed my visits ever since. [laughter] i would, um, i'm really happy to be talking about the oath today, it only came out two days ago. so far so good. [laughter] and, um, it'
. >> jeffrey toobin reports on the relationship between the obama administration and the u.s. supreme court. the author examines the recent addition of four justices in the past fife years -- five years and how it has affected the court's decisions on numerous cases including its recent ruling on health care. it's about an hour. [applause] >> thank you, mark. hello, everybody. so excited to be here in philadelphia. you know, i know that's just the usual pandering that goes on by...
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this is not what president obama promised the american people. the president couched this government takeover of the nation's health care sector as a modest reform designed to reduce costs. when he spoke before a session of congress in september in 1999, to push for his plan, the president promised that it would -- quote -- "slow the growth of health care costs to our families, our businesses, and our government." unquote. the president swung and missed on all three. according to the president's own actuary at c.m.s., national health expenditure would increase. this comes as no surprise to the american people. the president's health care law promised all sort of free care but we all know, contrary to the repeated assertions of president obama and his administration that nothing in life is free, the bill will eventually come due for all of this so-called -- quote -- "free mayor" -- unquote -- and it is taxpayers who are going to pay that bill. according to the congressional budget office, quote, "rising costs for health care will push federal spen
this is not what president obama promised the american people. the president couched this government takeover of the nation's health care sector as a modest reform designed to reduce costs. when he spoke before a session of congress in september in 1999, to push for his plan, the president promised that it would -- quote -- "slow the growth of health care costs to our families, our businesses, and our government." unquote. the president swung and missed on all three. according to the...
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and during most of the argument that the five conservatives are very much leaning against the obama administration on the key arguments in the case, was just as the commerce clause of article i although congress to pass the individual mandate, which says the individuals have good health insurance. as i sat in court on june 28th in her chief justice roberts announce a decision in the case, i learned the answer to that question, which was no, it doesn't. the commerce clause does not allow the court, the congress to invoke an individual mandate. but then in a decision that stunned many people, but no one more than me, john roberts reached for a subsidiary argument that had only been pending, only mentioned in passing that the supreme court and lower courts that the individual mandate is a permissible use of the taxing power of congress and not the commerce clause and thus the law could be upheld. a question of finance dissipate by. there were three main reasons. one is i think you have to take his opinion at face value. he simply thought of this legitimate use of the taxing power. i think the second
and during most of the argument that the five conservatives are very much leaning against the obama administration on the key arguments in the case, was just as the commerce clause of article i although congress to pass the individual mandate, which says the individuals have good health insurance. as i sat in court on june 28th in her chief justice roberts announce a decision in the case, i learned the answer to that question, which was no, it doesn't. the commerce clause does not allow the...